The Western Country Will Swarm, Etc.
Document 1791Howell reports on a number of accounting matters dealing with arrearages, bounties, and the shortage of gold. The recruiting effort seems successful in a number of states and levies are so plentiful that soon the Western Country will swarm with them. He has also purchased ten lottery tickets for Harmar.
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Howell reports on a number of accounting matters dealing with arrearages, bounties, and the shortage of gold. The recruiting effort seems successful in a number of states and levies are so plentiful that soon the Western Country will swarm with them. He has also purchased ten lottery tickets for Harmar.
Date
04/22/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1791042221000
Notable persons
Josiah Harmar
Joseph Howell
Secretary of War [Knox]
Captain Armstrong
Mr. Ernest
non-commissioned and privates
Captain B. Smith
Captain Trueman
each soldier
Captain Doyle
Mr. Britt
paymaster to this city
discharged men of McCurdy's, Bradford's, and Asheton's companies
Captain Beatty
battalion of levies from New Jersey
Major Doughty
Lieutenant Denny
recruits
Mrs. Harmar
Notable locations
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Post Vincennes
Trenton
North Carolina
Deleware
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Western Country
Notable items
pay for last year
arrearages of pay, subsistence, and forage
bounty of six dollars
large drafts made in gold
post notes
public service
the bank
precious metal
musters
clothing
debts due by the men
casualties in the regiment
recruiting service
tickets in the New York State Lottery